Science Exchange Announces New Director of Scientific Content, Gursatya “Guru” Singh

PALO ALTO, CA, November 2, 2017 –Science Exchange, the world’s leading and most secure platform for outsourced research and development (R&D), announced today that Gursatya “Guru” Singh has joined the company’s management team as Director of Scientific Content.

“Adding Guru to our team is part of our ongoing commitment to strengthen the management team with industry experts who are dedicated to disrupting the traditional R&D outsourcing model,” said Elizabeth Iorns, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Science Exchange. “Guru’s experience in this industry will help us better inform the scientific community about the benefits of accessing innovation through the Science Exchange platform.”

Singh’s background includes experience as a laboratory researcher and entrepreneur, as he has helped launch several life science startups. This included a previous role where he developed scientific content to promote the innovative services and technologies of scientific service providers. Singh also has published several scientific papers.

A frequent blogger and thought leader in pharma and biotech outsourcing, Singh founded a Facebook group – Mysteries of Biotech – that has amassed nearly 5,000 followers. He holds a master’s degree in biotechnology from the University of Delaware and a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Sharda University in India.

“I am excited to join Science Exchange — the most trusted outsourcing platform for scientific products and services,” said Singh. “Science Exchange is a trailblazing company that is revolutionizing R&D outsourcing by helping companies around the world bring their innovations to market faster. I can’t think of a better place to be.”

Growth

It’s been a great couple of months for Science Exchange, with significant growth in the marketplace and an injection of new capital from amazing VC partners.

And yet despite this growth, the Science Exchange team has remained lean. Very lean. Too lean. Our team of five passionate, dedicated people has achieved a lot in the last 18 months, but we knew further growth would require hiring more great people to join us.

So since April we’ve been recruiting and interviewing like crazy to find the right people to join our team. Hiring at a startup is hard. Identifying, vetting and securing talent is a full-time job. And, given Science Exchange is still small, there is no room for error… we need A-level talent in every position.

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